Day 4

Chengdu is surronded by mountains so it is cloudy most of the time...plus the normal smug. Since we have been here the whether has been high 50s low 60. But today there was some sun and it made for a better day! I guess I just needed some shopping to make me feel better. Today we headed over to Jin Li Street.

It is a nice market with plenty of shopping and restaurants. First place I went was Starbucks. It is true, Starbucks taste the same everywhere! We were able to get Faith in the carrier by Brian wearing it.


She has more room to move with him and seems more comfortable. We kept her busy eating and entertaining her. I bought some keepsakes for Faith, toys for the boys and goodies for family/friends. The people there were more friendly and many people waved and spoke to Faith. She is very friendly and is really good at ByeBye.


Our guide is really good about giving historical information everywhere we go. She also is very open to talking about the culture and the family life. I want to know as much as I can about Chengdu City as well as China. Louise was less attentive to Faith and Faith is showing her less attention as well. Faith is also letting me cuddle her and kiss her more. Which I never imagined would come so quickly. After Jin Li Street we went back to the Hotel. Brian and Louise went to the 1st Chinese Restaurant we went to and picked up some food for our lunch.


We like eating in the room, it gives us time with Faith before she naps. The 1st time we went to the restaurant there were 2 ladies arguing with a man. The women were yelling at him and one tried to kick him several times. Interesting! Anyway, after lunch we played in the hotel for a while. Then we went out alone to the supermarket (again) for some coke, oreos and napkins. As we were leaving the room, Faith went over to Brian and grabbed his hand and led him to the door. Then she reached up for my hand and started walking. She was grinning from ear to ear. We all 3 walked hand in hand all the way to the elevator. I think she is realizing we are all hers! I realized we have a Starbucks very close to our hotel. We had gone by Pizza Hut the night before but could not communicate to the hostess that we wanted to get a pizza to go so we left. Today we had Louise right down Pizza To Go in mandarin so they would know what we wanted. Pizza Hut here has anything you can think of and is very nicely decorated. After dinner Faith came to me and grabbed my hand and took me to the bath room. She was telling me that she wanted a bath. So, bath time it was. She is doing really well when it is time to soothe her to sleep for bed time. I 'walked' her around the room...until my back hurt... then just laid her down in her crib. She looked up a few time at us laying in bed and then layed down and went to sleep. We have been getting back up but both of us feel asleep..8:30. We woke Faith up around 7:30 because we were heading out earlier. I think she has only woke up once or twice on her own. She is a great sleeper but we wouldn't be able to go anywhere if we let her wake on her own plus she needs to stay on schedule with her nap. Foster Mom said she napped on her tummy but today was the first time she slept that way. I don't know is she is becoming more comfortable with us or if it means nothing. Tonight was Brian's first time to sleep all night. He has been getting up around 3 and working for a couple of hours and then laying back down for an hour. As for me and Faith we need sleep to function!